Film · 1947 · Documentary
Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight rescue of a British couple trapped on the famous mountain. Irving Allen shot footage for this documentary while filming his feature film 'High Conquest'. Filmed in Ansocolor, the documentary won the Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1947.
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Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight rescue of a British couple trapped on the famous mountain. Irving Allen shot footage for this documentary while filming his feature film 'High Conquest'. Filmed in Ansocolor, the documentary won the Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1947.
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Climbing the Matterhorn (1947) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 21m documentary directed by Irving Allen is rated 7.0/10 by 5 viewers.
Climbing the Matterhorn was released on May 30, 1947.
Climbing the Matterhorn was directed by Irving Allen.
Climbing the Matterhorn has a runtime of 21 minutes.
Climbing the Matterhorn is categorized as Documentary.
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